MITRE CALDERA 2.8.1 Human Plugin os.system Name os command injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in MITRE CALDERA 2.8.1. This affects the function os.system of the component Human Plugin. Such manipulation of the argument Name leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-42561. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in MITRE CALDERA 2.8.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function os.system of the component Human Plugin. The manipulation of the argument name with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 01/13/2022. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-42561 since 10/18/2021. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• MITRE

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• CALDERA

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• 2.8.1

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• open-source

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